LUNCH!

If you check my other blog - about my outdoor mosaic project, you'll see it is a busy day here. I wanted to have a spinach salad with avocado and soaked almonds, however, I was anxious to get back to my mosaic work, so I made a smoothie out of it instead. In this smoothie, I used:

• 2 cups packed organic spinach
  
• one whole avocado
• 1/4 cup soaked almonds
• 1/2 cup filtered water
  
• 1/2 cup organic vanilla soy milk

Put the almonds in a food processor until they are very finely chopped. Put all ingredients in the blender, and blend it up!

A note about the almonds - they can be hard to digest when raw and dry. Soaking them in pure water for at least 8 hours before eating them not only makes them easier on your system, but sweetens them up, and begins the sprouting process to boot! It's the best way I've found to have almonds in my diet. Just put them in a plastic baggie overnight with just enough water to cover them. Store them in the fridge to make them last longer. For this smoothie, I ran them through the food processor to further break them up.